Category Archives: POTA

How things have changed!

Posted on October 30, 2023 by robert

I thought the photo taken below was sort of cool.  My KF4D on the bottom, and my K1 on the top!  I built the K1 as a 2-band kit near the end of its availability back in 2016.  I haven’t … Continue reading →

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There is ALWAYS something new with POTA!

Posted on October 27, 2023 by robert

The other day I worked Dave KZ9V in Wisconsin when he was at Oden State Wildlife Area.  Nothing particularly unusual about that, but that happened to be the first park I’ve worked over 10000.  Dave was in park K-10191.

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Completed Activated All RI Parks During Work All RI POTA Event

Posted on September 9, 2023 by robert

I started working POTA right before the pandemic, and have continued on.  I had managed to work 51 of the 52 parks in Rhode Island, and had activating Block Island as my goal for 2022.  Things didn’t work out last … Continue reading →

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POTA Hunter Award for 1000 Parks

Posted on August 22, 2023 by robert

I just received confirmation that I have 1,000 unique parks confirmed as a hunter.  That was also one of my goals for 2023.  At this point I only have one goal left: To build my QDX Digital Transceiver and get … Continue reading →

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POTA Hunter Award for 900 parks

Posted on July 10, 2023 by robert

Yesterday I received confirmation for park #900 ().  This puts me closer to one of my goals for 2023, working 1000 parks. My goals for 2023 are: Teach a class (either Technician or CW Academy) Participate in 120+ CWTs for … Continue reading →

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Spoke too soon re: Miady 16 AH LiFePO4

Posted on June 1, 2023 by robert

After “fully” charging the battery, I put it into service during a POTA activation.  Imagine my surprise when 10 minutes into the activation my radio shut down.  I suspected a battery failure, but didn’t have a backup with me. When … Continue reading →

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Self-discharge Miady 16 AH LiFePO4 battery

Posted on May 27, 2023 by robert

Back in 2020, I purchased an inexpensive 16 AH LiFePO4 battery from Amazon, made by Miady.  Initial testing indicated that it was optimistically specified, as it tested to be 15.24 AH, but that wasn’t bad given it was about a … Continue reading →

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Added Hawaii to POTA WAS list

Posted on March 26, 2023 by robert

The Parks-on-the-Air (POTA) program is somewhat unique in that they have 51 entities listed for Worked All States (WAS); the usual 50 plus DC as a “wildcard”.  I had worked DC, so when I had 49 states confirmed this January, … Continue reading →

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Parks On The Air – 800 Unique Parks Hunted

Posted on March 2, 2023 by robert

Every year I set a few goals for myself to keep my interest going in my Amateur Radio hobby.  This year one of the goals was to hunt 1,000 unique parks.  I just received the award for having 800 unique … Continue reading →

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Completed Parks on the Air All States Hunter Award

Posted on January 5, 2023 by robert

Yesterday I received notice that I had completed the Parks on the Air All States Hunter Award.  Many thanks to K0TTW, who made the journey up from Colorado to park K-6129, which is near Casper Wyoming.  I had been searching … Continue reading →

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